University of South Florida Scholar Commons Marine Science Faculty Publications College of Marine Science 10-15-1998 The Influence of Loop Current Perturbations on the Formation and Evolution of Tortugas Eddies in the Southern Straits of Florida Paula S. Fratantoni University of Miami Thomas N. Lee University of Miami Guillermo P. Podesta University of Miami Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub Part of the Marine Biology Commons Scholar Commons Citation Fratantoni, Paula S.; Lee, Thomas N.; Podesta, Guillermo P.; and Muller-Karger, Frank E., "The Influence of Loop Current Perturbations on the Formation and Evolution of Tortugas Eddies in the Southern Straits of Florida" (1998). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 52. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/52 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Marine Science at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marine Science Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 103, NO. Cll, PAGES 24,759-24,779, OCTOBER 15, 1998 The influence of Loop Current perturbations on the formation and evolution of Tortugas eddies in the southern Straits of Florida Paula S. Fra•an•oni Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Thomas N. Lee and Guillermo P. Podesta Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida Frank Muller-Karger University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida Abstract. Large cyclonic eddies on the northern edge of the Florida Current are the dominant mesoscale features within the southern Straits of Florida.